Photos: 215,000 Square Foot Esplanade Begins Vertical Construction Next To Aventura Mall
Next to Aventura Mall, a major new development called Esplanade at Aventura is going vertical as of this month.
The project will include 215,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space, along with a parking garage.
Seritage is the developer.
Build Coastal Link and provide a link from the rail station to the mall.
Do not support this car-dependent sprawl inducing development.
The Virgin tracks are already there and in use with the company considering adding their own commuter line to compete with TriRail. Smart money would be to put a station/platform there with a pedestrian bridge across Biscayne Blvd to the mall. That would encourage everyone to take the train instead of trying to navigate the Crawl from Hell. Let the mall and Virgin split the costs because both will win.
This will be a very popular coastal link station
Um, it’s an expansion of Aventura Mall… I’m not getting your gripe?
So, malls aren’t dead? LOL
Upscale malls like Aventura, Dadeland, etc. are doing fine. It’s middle class ones like Westland, Southland, or Pembroke Lakes which are threatened if Macy’s and J.C. Penney close more stores.
For better or worse, the shopping mall is dying everywhere else but South Florida.
Seritage is having a difficult time leasing any space that isnt restaurant oriented. I wish them luck filling the rest!
Do you happen to know
any specifics such as how many spaces under contract? Would love to hear more!